I just got a laptop with a firewire port. Despite it being a cheapie, it outperforms my desktop in every way except for storage space.<BR><BR>Therefore I'm looking for a quicker way to transfer files.

The 1394 (FireWire) audio-video standard has long been popular in computer and consumer electronics applications. I’ve worked on IEEE-1394 since 1992, and almost all of that time was spent focused on ...

Firewire would be the prefered option. Transfering any sort of video over a usb1.1 connection would be painfully slow. USB2 would be usable, but since your camera doenst support USB2 speed, it would ...